Nuisances Designated – Removal. Sunken vessels, refuse of all kinds, structures or pieces of any structure, dock sweepings, dead fish or parts thereof, dead animals or parts thereof, timber, logs, piles, boom sticks, lumber, boxes, empty containers and oil of any kind floating uncontrolled on the water, and all other substances of a similar nature, are declared to be public nuisances and it shall be unlawful for any person to throw or place, or cause or permit to be thrown or placed, any of the above articles in the Gig Harbor Bay, or upon the shores thereof or in such position that the same may or can be washed into the harbor, either by high tides, storms, floods or otherwise. Any person causing or permitting such nuisances to be placed in the Gig Harbor Bay shall remove the same, and upon his failure to do so, the same may be removed by the harbor warden and the expense thereof shall be paid by and recoverable from the persons creating the nuisance. In all cases, such nuisances may be abated in the manner provided by law including, but not limited to, Chapters 7.48 and 9.66 RCW. The abatement of any such public nuisance shall not excuse the person responsible therefor from prosecution under this chapter. (Ord. 1334 § 1, 2016; Ord. 766 § 2, 1997).